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AMSC Power Electronics Support Nearly 10% of Global Wind-Generated Electricity

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million US households and represents nearly 10% of the world’s 158,000 MW of wind power installed as of the end of 2009. Full-scale conversion drivetrain. According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the global wind power installed base grew by 38,000 MW, or more than 30%, in 2009 to 158,505 MW.

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DOE Announces $100M Available for ARPA-Es 3rd Funding Opportunity; Focus on Grid-Scale Energy Storage, Electrical Power Technology, and Building Energy Efficiency

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ARPA-E’s first solicitation, announced in early 2009, was highly competitive and resulted in funding 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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Reply ↓ ↑ report 3 Ernie 3:30AM (4/13/2009) "And, you have to recognize that they pull a hell of a lot of power through the local grid: there will come a time when we will see utility transformers popping from all the current being drawn (imagine just a few dozen EVs fast-charging simultaneously, on 480V at 500A: wow)" Is that it?